Scenes from the field

Updated 0803 GMT (1603 HKT) March 3, 2015

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VANUATU: A little girl takes the spotlight as local villagers gather with their chief, near a giant banyan tree in Yakel Village on Tanna Island. Photo by CNN's Bill Weir.Follow @billweircnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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NIGERIA: "A soldier awaits a helicopter carrying Chadian top brass to touch down at Gambaru, northern Nigeria. The town was firmly under Boko Haram's control until the Chadian army arrived just a few weeks ago." - CNN's Brent Swails.Follow @bsswails and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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HONG KONG: At the top of Lion Rock, one of the peaks that looms over the Kowloon area of Hong Kong. Photo by CNN's Jethro Mullen.Follow @jethromullen and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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ITALY: "Newlyweds in St. Mark's Square, Venice. Honeymoon spoiled as groom is carried off by suprisingly strong pigeon." - CNN's Bill Weir.Follow @billweircnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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CAMBODIA: "Prasat Bayon temple is usually associated with giant stone faces some of which can be seen in the background. This smaller face in the morning light really caught my eye." - CNN's Brad Olson.Follow @cnnbrad and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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DENMARK: "Love locks hang from Bryggebroen in Copenhagen as a water taxi passes under the cyclist & pedestrian only bridge." - CNN's John Dear.Follow @johndearcnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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PHILIPPINES: Life in the vibrant back streets of Manila's Sampaloc district." - CNN's Ivan Watson.Follow @ivancnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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VANUATU: Happy Man Albi is one of the elders tasked with keeping up the spirits of the Yakkel people in dark times on Tanna Island...Hence, the designation 'Happy Man'. Photo by CNN's Philip Bloom.Follow @philipbloom and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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OMAN: "An Omani merchant sells his goat to the highest bidder at the livestock souk in Nizwa." - CNN's Amir Daftari. WATCH THE INSTAGRAM VIDEO.Follow @daftpix and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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CALIFORNIA: "The payoff! Did I mention I LOVE trains? Howling for joy!" CNN's John Torigoe captured this Union Pacific train heading over the El Cajon Pass, which is between the San Bernardino Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California.Follow @cnnphotog and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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VANUATU: Tom and his child, in the Yakkel village on Tanna island. Tom was one of the few villagers selected to attend school in the capital of Port Villa, and thus is one of the few Yakkel who can speak fluent English.Most of the population of Vanuatu no longer live like the Yakkel. Some villages have chosen to live exactly the same way as they have done for thousands of years. This village is one of the very few left. Photo by CNN's Philip Bloom. Join storyteller Bill Weir @billweircnn and filmmaker Philip Bloom @philipbloom for a new CNN series exploring change in the world. 'The Wonder List' premieres this Sunday at 10pm on CNN.

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PHILIPPINES: Training for the big fight. Manny Pacquiao spars with deputy trainer and childhood friend Buboy Fernandez in a Manila gym. The Pacman told CNN his highly anticipated May 2nd bout against Floyd Mayweather will be one of the most important fights of his career. He called it a "mega-fight" that's been "5 years in the making." - CNN's Ivan Watson, February 26.Follow @ivancnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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CHAD: CNN photographer Brice Laine works under a mosquito net in a makeshift edit suite during Exercise Flintlock. Photo by CNN's Brent Swails.Feeling the heat -- the West combats extremists' advance in Africa's deserts. U.S. and European Special Forces are on a annual month-long training mission with African nations. Chad, hosting the operation this year, already has forces fighting Boko Haram. FULL STORY AT CNN.COM.Follow @bsswails and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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WASHINGTON: D.C.'s new local law allows its residents to smoke marijuana starting on Thursday. Approved by D.C. voters in November, the new pot laws allow Washington residents to possess up to two ounces of pot. The allowance applies only to those over 21. In addition, D.C. residents could grow up to six pot plants in their own yards. Buying and selling pot would still be illegal, as would smoking in public places. But people could transfer up to one ounce to another person -- just not for money. FULL STORY AT CNN.COM.CNN's Jay McMichael took this capture at a midnight pot party in the nation's capital on February 26.Follow @jaymcmichaelcnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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CALIFORNIA: "Route 66...If you look, there are traces of 'Americana'. It makes me nostalgic for that bygone era. On a lonely stretch of road, this recently painted symbol showing me a window to America's obsession with the 'road trip' was too good to pass up." - CNN's John Torigoe.Follow @cnnphotog and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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SOUTH AFRICA: "Boulders Beach, about an hour from central Cape Town, attracts visitors from far and wide on account of its healthy population of African penguins. The first recorded pair appeared in the area just over three decades ago and there are now about 2000 in total. The beach forms part of Table Mountain National Park." - CNN's Nicol Nicolson.Follow @nicolnic and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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SOUTH AFRICA: "Camps Bay is a beautiful resort in the shadow of Table Mountain, just minutes from central Cape Town. It's an upmarket residential area with a long stretch of sand offering stunning views of the Twelve Apostles. It's also got an excellent choice of seafood restaurants. Many people head here for some of the best sunsets the region has to offer." - CNN's Nicol Nicolson.Follow @nicolnic and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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MIAMI: "A work by Artist Thomas Hirschhorn. It suggests that news media has been reduced to a form of glitzy entertainment. My interpretation, is that is some serious 'Bling'. All in the eye of the beholder." - CNN's Jerry Simonson.Follow @cnnmiamiphotog and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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CHILE: Laguna Miscanti -- over 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) above sea level in the Atacama Desert -- the driest desert on earth. Photo by CNN's Deborah Brunswick.Follow @debrunswick and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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CHINA: "Moment of Zen: Shopkeeper's dog sleeps through a loud performance of traditional opera during Chinese New Year festivities in the ancient canal town of Longmen in Zhejiang province." - CNN's Steven Jiang.Follow @stevencnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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IRAN: The slopes of Darbandsar -- one of the seven ski resorts around Tehran -- and one of the newest in the country. Photo by CNN's Amir Daftari.Follow @daftpix and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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DENMARK: "Swans and ducks in the waters around Rosenborg Castle (Rosenborg Slot) in Copenhagen. The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 by King Christian IV. The castle is surrounded by the city's oldest public park, Kongens Have." - CNN's John Dear.Follow @johndearcnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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NEW YORK: Agrippa Brown is serving 18 to life at Sing Sing prison. "The hardest part is parenting from prison. I worry about my son staying safe. If something happens to him I can't get there." Photo by CNN's Deborah Brunswick.Follow @debrunswick and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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HONG KONG: "Chinese New Year fireworks. There was a good crowd out for the ringing in of the year of the Sheep/Goat. Personally I prefer goat." - CNN's Brad Olson, February 21.Follow @cnnbrad and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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HONG KONG: "Paper Dragon for Chinese New Year. This is the most important holiday for all Chinese people and I wish them all a peaceful prosperous New Year. Best wishes to everyone else too." - CNN's Brad Olson, February 20.Follow @cnnbrad and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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EL SALVADOR: "We were supposed to end up in Honduras but a missed connection put us in El Salvador with 24 hours to kill until the next flight. We decided to check out the Pacific coast, with its surf hostels and black sand beaches. We were not disappointed. If it's always like this, I'll definitely be missing more flights!" - CNN's Connor Boals.Follow @cboals and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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UKRAINE: A victorious smile and a sheepskin that keeps you warm... Two Cossack soldiers guard the last outpost on the outskirts of Debaltseve. After most Ukrainian forces pulled out Wednesday, pro-Russian separatists are now in control of the key town of Debaltseve -- a strategic railway hub -- in a major blow to Kiev's military forces. Photo by CNN's Christian Streib, February 19.Follow @christianstreibcnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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HONG KONG: "He grew up in old Kwun Tong...he sees it rapidly disappearing. He watches and he remembers." - CNN's Wilfred Chan.Follow @wilfchan and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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CUBA: "Think you have got something on your head... meeting some of Trinidad's local characters." - CNN's Patrick Oppmann, February 18.Follow @cubareporter and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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ENGLAND: "The Duchess of Cambridge, now in the final trimester of pregnancy, visited the Emma Bridgewater pottery factory Wednesday in Stoke-on-Trent. She toured the shop and decorating studio, before meeting pottery workers and their families." - CNN's David Wilkinson, February 18.Follow @dwilkinsoncnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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EGYPT: "An Imam consoles a priest in Minya. A powerful show of solidarity." - CNN's Ian Lee, February 17.Follow @ianjameslee and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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BRAZIL: "Iguazu Falls form the centerpiece of the namesake national park in southeastern Brazil. They also serve as an international boundary with Argentina, and that's the land you see on the far side of this picture. There's only one hotel in the park and if you stay there, you get the full glory of sunrise and sunset before and after the crowds descend. And the rainbows are pretty spectacular too." - CNN's Nicol Nicolson.Follow @nicolnic and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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BOSTON: "Overlooking Long Wharf... Temp was 5°F (-15°C) at 10am. This man is shoveling snow off the hotel terrace." - CNN's Will Ripley, February 16.Follow @willripleycnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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DENMARK: "I came here today to give Dan (volunteer guard killed outside Copenhagen's main synagogue) some flowers. I was very sad today because I did not believe it was him. We went to high school together. I met him once at 'Israel's Place' and we were talking about how Israeli people feel, they don't feel safe, and they feel like there's always someone after them. I remember we talked about that. I think it was kind of special that we are sitting at this 'Israel's Place'. I am very sorry it was him, but he saved many people this day and I think he was very brave and a hero." - Lilia Østergaard. Photo by CNN's John Dear, February 15.Follow @johndearcnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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MAURITIUS: "Capturing the moment on ones own private beach...Artist Lynn Smith always knew she wanted to follow her passion. A few years ago she made it happen. Selling her successful props business in the UK, she moved to Mauritius and started a new life, making a living from her art." - CNN's Diane McCarthy.Follow @dianemccarthy59 and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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HONG KONG: "Sunset through a split boulder. It's said that boulders were split by immortals who would test their swords from time to time." - CNN's Brad Olson, February 14.Follow @cnnbrad and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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NEW YORK: "Those 3 minutes of service when the train goes over the bridge." - CNN's Deborah BrunswickFollow @debrunswick and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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WASHINGTON: Prayer vigil in front of the White House for the 3 Muslim students killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Photo by CNN's Bill Alberter, February 13.Follow @billalberter and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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HONG KONG: "Bamboo scaffolding is a Hong Kong speciality. It's hard to get a shot of workmen doing it because they are so fast. It's a specialized trade and they build the scaffolding to great heights, even on skyscrapers." - CNN's Brad Olson, February 13.Follow @cnnbrad and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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UKRAINE: "The boys and their toys. Posing for the press and having a laugh, these pro-Russian separatists at the frontline have no faith in any peace deal. They say they have been fooled before, and they won't stop fighting before all of the Donetsk region will be liberated." - CNN's Christian Streib, February 12.Follow @christianstreibcnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.

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SOUTH KOREA: Fish heads hung to dry behind a restaurant in Gwanghwamun, Seoul. It is customary for South Koreans to dry fish for stew, and their heads are considered the most nutritious part. Nothing goes to waste. Photo by CNN's David Hawley.Follow @davidhcnn and other CNNers on the @cnnscenes gallery on Instagram for more images you don't always see on news reports from our teams around the world.